FO-The Busy-Body, No. 2, 11 February 1729.md

FO-The Busy-Body, No. 2, 11 February 1729

22 reprints from 1729-02-11 to 1897-12-01

FO-The Busy-Body, No. 2, 11 February 1729

by Franklin, Benjamin

From unknown source

1729-02-11

The Busy-Body. No. 2. All Fools have still an Itching to deride;And fain would be upon the laughing Side.    Pope. Monsieur Rochefocaut tells us somewhere in his Memoirs, that the Prince of Conde delighted much in Ridicule; and us’d frequently to shut hims

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From The New Universal Magazine, or Miscellany of Historical, Philosophical, Political and Polite Literature 1747-1815

1751-12-01 · London, England

All fools ‘have ftill an itching to deride, And fain would ‘be upon the laughing fide.

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From The Kentucky gazette.

1794-08-02 · Lexington [Ky.]

All foot iiave itiil an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing lice.

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From The Literary Tablet; or, a General Repository of Useful Entertainment; Consisting of Essays Original and Selected, in Poetry and Prose (1803-1807)

1804-04-05 · Hanover

All fools have ftill an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing fide.

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From The Port folio /

1807-01-17 · Philadelphia [Pa.]

il fools have still an itching to deride ; And fain would be upon the laughing side. Mr. Pope was a judge of this class, and gave them up as incorrigible. THE REVIEWERS. Ist. The natural history of these beings, whether of the lard or water, or amphibious ? 2d. Are they amenable to the law

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Original Poetry. TO YOUNG HAL.

From The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842)

1834-09-27 · Sydney, New South Wales

declares 'tis quite sublime. BYRON. All fools have still an itching to deride,   And fain would be upon the laughing side. POPE.     Learned to deride the critic's starch decree, And break him on the wheel h

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From Harvardiana (1834-1838)

1835-01-01 · Cambridge

** All fools have still an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing side.”

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THOUGHTS ON THE "CANT OF CRITICISM."

From Harvardiana (1834-1838)

1835-10-01 · Cambridge

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From The Baltimore Monument. A Weekly Journal, Devoted to Polite Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts (1836-1838)

1837-07-29 · Baltimore

All fools have still an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing side.—Pope.

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From All the Year Round 1859-1895

1863-11-28 · London, England

. still hath an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing side

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

From The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic. : 1866 - 1918)

1867-03-09 · Bacchus Marsh, Victoria

that"All fools have still an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing side." Moreover, his effusion

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From Blackwood's Magazine 1817-1980

1868-01-01 · Edinburgh, Scotland

“ All fools have still an itching to de ride, And fain would be upon the laughing side.”

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From All the Year Round 1859-1895

1868-02-29 · London, England

Each fool still hath an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing side

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PROFESSOR IRVING'S LECTURE. To the Editor of the Cornwall Chronicle.

From The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880)

1869-10-09 · Launceston, Tasmania

another pretty compliment in speaking of Mr Gardner who to quote ' Did good servico by lifting the heavy (cloud, which had hung over the audience for an hour and abalf, no doubt thepoorcomponcnt parto of the thing of ' shreds and patchos'r were among the number of thoso who were ' evidently out of their element ' but never mind Professor Irving, I am sure, will console himself with the reflection that the 'cloud' which hung over some was a bright star to others ; ho is not I am sure unmindful cither of the old adage— 1st that 'There are none so blind as those who will not see,' secondly that ' All fools have still an itching to deride And fain would be upon the laughing side.' Enough of this, I canno

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A STARLING CHANGE.

From South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900)

1874-01-09 · Adelaide, South Australia

and the vulgar. ' All fools have still an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing side; But I can bea

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TO MR. WILLIAM NEILLEY. (Per favour of "Bega Gazette.") IN RE THE MAXIM "ABUSE THE OTHER SIDE."

From The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser (NSW : 1865 - 1899)

1883-10-10 · Bega, New South Wales

spite. All fools hare still an itching to deride, And fain would'be upon, the laughing side. And again when he sai

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YEA.

From Seymour Express and Goulburn Valley, Avenel, Graytown, Nagambie, Tallarook and Yea Advertiser (Vic. : 1882 - 1891; 1914 - 1918)

1883-11-30 · Seymour, Victoria

has spoken : — ' Old men have still an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing side.' Further commen

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From Chicago daily tribune.

1890-02-24 · Chicago, Ill.

All fools have still an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing side.

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ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS.

From Liverpool Mercury

1891-12-03 · Liverpool, England

[This text is not available under an open license.]

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THAT GREETING TO MAX O'RELL. THE AUTHOR IN REPLY TO "ANTI-HUMBUG."

From Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928)

1893-01-14 · Launceston, Tasmania

noraes. Some fools have still an itching to deride And fain would be upon the laughing side.' Cut out these lines an

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Gossip.

From The Sydney Stock and Station Journal (NSW : 1896 - 1924)

1897-03-30 · Sydney, New South Wales

is Pope who says that — 'All fools have still an itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing side.' But I never can laugh at the sight of a bus

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The Opon Column. [This column being open for the expression of different opinions on public matters, they are to be considered as those of our correspondents, and not necessarily endorsed by us.] | To the Editor of the 4 Northern Star.' TO "VULCAN" THE CRITIC.

From Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954)

1897-12-01 · Lismore, New South Wales

fools have still un itching to deride, And fain would be upon the laughing side. Some have at first for wits thei

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